The Charles
Press, Publishers |
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Emile
Durkheim: Le Suicide 100 Years Later |
| David Lester, PhD, Editor |
|
The Charles
Press, Publishers |
|
Emile
Durkheim: Le Suicide 100 Years Later |
| David Lester, PhD, Editor |
"I recommend that everyone interested in understanding and treating suicide read this book." -- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
This landmark volume honors the 100th anniversary of the publication of Emile Durkheim's milestone book, Le Suicide, often described as one of the three most important works ever written in the social sciences. Renowned suicidologist, Dr. David Lester, along with 16 other world authorities, evaluate and reassess the great French sociologist's remarkable contributions to social and behavioral science in the light of present-day knowledge and assumptions.
Some of the subjects addressed include: Just how significant was Durkheim's work? Has it stood the test of time? What major faults have been identified in Durkheim's theory? How has Durkheim influenced the study of and present-day thinking on suicide? Also included in this volume is the first complete English translation of Durkheim's essay "Suicide et natalite," together with ground-breaking commentary on this important early work. An unparalleled bibliography accompanies this soon-to-be classic.
CONTENTS
Preface1. Emile Durkheim: A Brief Biography David Lester, PhD, Richard Stockton College
2. Suicide and the Birth Rate: A Study in Moral Statistics Barclay Johnson, PhD
3. Self-Harm During the 19th Century: A Conceptual History German Berrios, MD, University of Cambridge
4. Was Durkheim Right? A Critical Survey of the Empirical Literature on Le Suicide — KD Breault, PhD, Austin Peay State University
5. Durkheim's Heavy Hand in the Sociological Study of Suicide Jack P. Gibbs, PhD, Vanderbilt University
6. Durkheim and the Immunity of Women to Suicide Howard Kushner, PhD, San Diego State University
7. Applying Durkheim's Typology to Individual Suicides David Lester, PhD
8. Durkheim's Suicide Theory and Its Applicability to Contemporary American Indians and Alaska Natives Philip May, PhD, University of New Mexico, Nancy Westlake Van Winkle, PhD, Oklahoma State University
9. The Whole, Its Parts and the Level of Analysis: Durkheim and the Macrosociological Study of Suicide
Ferenc Moksony, PhD, University of Economics, Hungary10. Who Committed Suicide? Michael Overington, PhD, St. Mary's University, Canada
11. Bringing Durkheim into the 21st Century: A Network Approach to Unresolved Issues in the Sociology of Suicide Bernice Pescosolido, PhD, Indiana University
12. Missing Features in Durkheim's Theory of Suicide David Phillips, PhD, Todd Ruth and Sean MacNamara, University of California
13. A Random-Walk Hypothesis for the Suicide Rate and Its Implication for Durkheim's Theory of Suicide Bijou Yang, PhD, Drexel University
14. Suicide and Social Theory Steve Taylor, PhD, London School of Economics
15. 100 Years Later: How to Reformulate Durkheim
Steven Stack, PhD, Wayne State UniversityIndex
348 pages Hardcover Edition Only ISBN 0-914783-73-4 LIST PRICE: $42.95
